Crash and Burn: How Yik Yak, Fab.com, and Vine Failed to Keep the Momentum Going

Industry buzz and a highly engaged user base don’t always guarantee success

Serene Chen
6 min readMay 22, 2018

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Most startups fail because there was no market need (42% of them, actually). But what about the rest? We need only look at three once-promising startups to understand that industry buzz and a highly…

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Serene Chen

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